The 1st mauga (in period 1) we have tentatively identified as the last one (number 186):
If we count from the 'new fire' glyph (Eb6-3) in the 24th and last period, we will find the last mauga to be number 36:
Presumably 36 is alluding to the cycle of the sun (360 days). Ordinal number 186 arrived at earlier does not mean the calendar describes only half a year. The first part of the calendar (ending at the mauga in the middle) refers to the 1st half of the year and the second part refers to the 2nd half of the year (ending with Eb6-2). At the 1st glyph in the calendar (Eb1-37) we are halfway (18) to Eb2-13. The last part of the 24th period (which at least partly refers to the new year) has 18 glyphs (now including Eb6-3), and the 1st period also has 18 glyphs before Eb2-13 (glyphs which at least partly refer to the old year). Counting the 1st period as the last one of the old year means it will have 25 periods, a number which is in harmony with 75 + 75 glyphs (150 = 6 * 25), although then we counted the 1st period as belonging to the new year (and only that way can we reach 186). |
